Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week.

What a difference 10 years can make. That was the last time Billboard tackled the monumental feat of ranking the top R&B artists, dating back to the ‘50s. Michael Jackson, whose grew from his R&B ...

At some point this century, all of the R&B heartthrobs had to make an adjustment. There's no pinpointing the exact moment, but you can see the gears in motion in 2012, when hip-hop's influence on ...

Wedding songs are an essential part of a couple's nuptials, and luckily, R&B artists have always understood the assignment. Between their soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics, R&B music has the power ...

A group of young singer-songwriters have transformed the genre by looking backward, without getting stuck in the past. Here and below are seven of the many contemporary artists who are redefining and ...

The 1970s was an interesting time in regard to how the masses chose to label music genres. During this decade, R&B was used as an all-encompassing term to group the styles of soul, funk, and disco.

Host Erykah Badu attends the 2016 Soul Train Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on November 6, 2016 in Las Vegas. The combination of rhythm and blues spurred the development of the culture and genre ...

Like many British Invasion groups, The Beatles picked up on American culture and sold it back to us. Even in their Quarrymen days, they performed songs by Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Ray Charles.